Do Canada titles look any different

[GOAT]

Thinking about getting some stuf off amazon.ca but wondering if they are like the UK titles looking different? Someone LMK ASAP please

[Blu Titan]

They cases are like the US. Some of the movies also have the title in French. Nothing for extras if you like those.

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by GreenMonster2007

Thinking about getting some stuf off amazon.ca but wondering if they are like the UK titles looking different? Someone LMK ASAP please

99% of the US title are the exact same in Canada

Alliance do have excluse that are only available in Canada... (same region as the US) like Sin City, From Dusk Till Dawn, Freddy vs Jason (Jan.), Butterfly Effect (Jan) and DOA : Dead or Alive (Feb).

[GOAT]

okay that was my big thing i didnt want it to look different on my shelf... but theres no strange numbers on the cases?

[Gremal]

What about PS3 games? I just won an auction for the new Tomb Raider from a Canadian seller.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by GreenMonster2007

okay that was my big thing i didnt want it to look different on my shelf... but theres no strange numbers on the cases?

No, not at all. When the movies sit on the shelf you can't tell the difference from a US and a Canadian Blu-ray. Not sure about the games though.

[nomad2010]

They do look canadian but other than that no.

[GOAT]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

No, not at all. When the movies sit on the shelf you can't tell the difference from a US and a Canadian Blu-ray. Not sure about the games though.

ARG I noticed all 10 covers have the french title underneath the English on the front cover... debating if this will bother me or not :/... doesnt do this on the spine though?

[derelicte]

Originally Posted by GreenMonster2007

ARG I noticed all 10 covers have the french title underneath the English on the front cover... debating if this will bother me or not :/... doesnt do this on the spine though?

You may want to check that. They have the annoying habit of trying to squeeze both english and french on the spine for some titles. Not sure if there's a rhyme or reason though...

[GOAT]

Originally Posted by derelicte

You may want to check that. They have the annoying habit of trying to squeeze both english and french on the spine for some titles. Not sure if there's a rhyme or reason though...

damn canadians ... i dont think im going to order though as they want a lot for the slowest damn shipping... but this is good info for the future

[DealsR4theDevil]

Originally Posted by GreenMonster2007

Thinking about getting some stuf off amazon.ca but wondering if they are like the UK titles looking different? Someone LMK ASAP please

Front cover is just like U.S. covers (+ the canadian distributor's logo)



Back cover has summary in English and French (which I find to be really neat)


Inside is the cover in French (so you if you live Quebec you can flip it and have a French cover). This isnt as cool as what Sony, Lionsgate, and Disney put on the inside of Blu-ray covers but it is worlds better than the plain white interior of WB, Fox, Paramount, Weinstein, and Universal Blus. (agian I find this to be neat)


The spine isnt exactly like a U.S. release but it isnt an eyesore either. Just has the Title in English and French (dont know why that would bother anyone)

[GGX]

Originally Posted by GreenMonster2007

ARG I noticed all 10 covers have the french title underneath the English on the front cover... debating if this will bother me or not :/... doesnt do this on the spine though?

Custom covers my friend. Custom covers.

[peter008]

hey guy, i can assure you that the canadian title on a blu-ray is very often under the english title and not very big, in fact sometime it's not even there at all. very often all you see is the words (version francaise incluse). i know i'm from the province of quebec so... there's no need to go crazy over this after all what matter is the movie not what the image inside the case look like. so enjoy your blu-ray and stop insulting us canadian we are good people.

[GOAT]

hmm maybe when i get my amazon exchange rate Q answered ill think bout it... even with the shipping... not trying to insult anyone i just like things to look uniform.. i know im not alone

[Papi4baby]

Not really, but they sound different.

After every sentece the actors just say EH, for some weird reason

[Moneyshot]

Originally Posted by GreenMonster2007

not trying to insult anyone i just like things to look uniform.. i know im not alone

I'm a Canadian and I have to tell you that I purposely buy some titles in the US because I don't like the bilingual covers if the French is too prominent. Most titles, as mentioned, has the French slightly below the main title or a "French version included" in brackets to let you know the cover is reversible, which satisfies both sides without being too in-your-face. But when it's 50/50 English and French or (much worse...) when the cover is reminiscent of a movie poster and the French just barges in like an obnoxious drunk cousin at your wedding reception, I'll go out of my way to get the US version.

And if your main concern is continuity, The fact that the bilingual rule isn't consistent across studios nor is it consistent across titles from the SAME studio, you can see how it can really irk some people. For instance, I have all 3 of the LoTR Extended Editions on DVD, and 2 out of the 3 only have English in the packaging. Luckily, the 3rd one has the French just in the booklet, not the cover itself... but why the switch? Who knows! Either way, just do your research so you can gauge yourself what's acceptable for your standard of French intake.

vive le bleu-ray!

[P@t_Mtl]

What I have found is that unfortunatly in series it's been difficult to get uniforminity at time in the packaging. Some release will have French on it others won't. Usualy I won't care about the language. I love to watch movies in the language they were made. So if they are from the USA I don't need to have a French track like 90% of all people. If the movie is from China I prefer watching it in Madarin or whatever with subtitles.

[Jimbo976]

Most Canadian Blu-rays have the word "Eh!" stamped on the front cover in red and come with a free certificate for 1 pound (acutally 440g) of bacon.

Other than this though the movies themselves are the same.

[GOAT]

Originally Posted by Moneyshot

I'm a Canadian and I have to tell you that I purposely buy some titles in the US because I don't like the bilingual covers if the French is too prominent. Most titles, as mentioned, has the French slightly below the main title or a "French version included" in brackets to let you know the cover is reversible, which satisfies both sides without being too in-your-face. But when it's 50/50 English and French or (much worse...) when the cover is reminiscent of a movie poster and the French just barges in like an obnoxious drunk cousin at your wedding reception, I'll go out of my way to get the US version.

And if your main concern is continuity, The fact that the bilingual rule isn't consistent across studios nor is it consistent across titles from the SAME studio, you can see how it can really irk some people. For instance, I have all 3 of the LoTR Extended Editions on DVD, and 2 out of the 3 only have English in the packaging. Luckily, the 3rd one has the French just in the booklet, not the cover itself... but why the switch? Who knows! Either way, just do your research so you can gauge yourself what's acceptable for your standard of French intake.

vive le bleu-ray!

thanks glad you can see were i am coming from. Unforntatly at least 9 of the 10 (didnt check the last one) have French on them

[Johnny Vinyl]

We're Canadian EH! And that's what it's all ABOOT!

We also have this annoying habit of inserting a U in words like Favourite, colour. And we spell Center as Centre.

We drink copious amount of beer...REAL beer!

Our guard-dogs are BEAVERS!

It snows a lot, but that ok, you can write in it (see Beer)!

I like my back bacon with Quebec Maple Syrup. I like my Poutine with extra gravy! And I order my beer 2 at a time!

Beaver Tails are a delicacy!

Our Thanksgiving is first (October)!

I hear the cry of a Loon..means it's time to do an aboot face and get myself over the the rink for some shinny!

MORAL: With all these differences, you think we care about the packaging being different? Hell, NO!